Just installed a sub, was jamming all night, no problems, the interior lights went on and off when the doors were opened like normal but just randomly tonight I shut my doors and they stayed on. I turned them off of the **** but they still won't go out. what is going on?

 

One or both of the door switches is broken in the ON position and will need to be replaced. One switch is located on the front portion of each door. They are spring loaded so that they project out when the door is open. This closed the circuit. When you close the door, the extended portion of the switch is pushed forward opening the switch and turning the lights off. I can post a picture tomorrow if you can't find the switch.

You might also want to search this board for door switch and see what comes up.

 

The sub was kinda "ghetto-rigged" it is connected to the battery by wires..... it's only temporary, its a friends sub and I may be buying it from him. just wanted to see how it sounded in my car. the wires go thru the door jamb, but the door shuts fine and were away from the spring actuator... I played with with the switch tonight, pushing on it and the lights went out, but it only worked when I pushed it. and then we went to do it again and pushing the switch didn't work. some told me that their car does it and to disconnect the battery and reconnect it and it will work. I am starting to HATE gm electronics!!!!

I may need that door switch part, anyone have one?!

 

J91Camaro

Door Jamb switches are about $3.00 new at auto parts stores. Note that there is one for each door side.

Since you ran wiring through the door and likely in the kick panel area, it is possible that the switch is still good. What may have happened is when running the speaker wires you loosened the wires that connect to the door jamb switch(es) and one or more of the wires are grounded. A ground on this circuit turns the lights ON.

Take a look at this thread. One of the links is for wiring diagrams. Note that the courtsey lighting is pretty much the same for all the model years. I have also posted several wire harness diagrams from the 82 Camaro Shop Manual. They will give you a good idea of what is behind the kick panels and where you need to go to make sure all the white wires to the door jamb switches are connected to the switches and not loose or partcially grounded.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...rritation.html

The other test you might want to try is to remove the bulbs, and see if any of the white wires is grounded. You will need to disconnet the wire from the switch and put an ohmmeter between the end of the wire and ground. A zero reanding indicates that the tested wire is grounded somewhere. It could be a portion of the insulation is warn away by a sharp metal edge somewhere.

I would check the wiring and verify that the wire connections are not loose at each switch before buying new switches. If the wiring is good, no grounds and tightly connected to the switch, then replace the switch.

Dave